Noun
He deleted all of my work with a single keystroke.
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Tools can track a worker’s every keystroke and mouse movement and analyze his or her emails.—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025 At the base is Letter Mode — typing, where our thoughts are broken into individual keystrokes.—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
For example, Mindstrong was an early startup with an app that tracked taps, swipes, and keystrokes to identify digital biomarkers of cognitive function.—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2024 Bernhardt’s report points to keystroke logging technology and webcams that can tell when a person goes off task as examples of tech that can keep track of people even when working from home.—Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for keystroke
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